I subscribe to a magazine called PRAY! The tag line of it reads: A Decade of Encouraging a Passion for Christ through Prayer.
I read a very interesting article in the Nov/Dec 2007 issue recently.
Author: Arlyn Lawrence
Scripture References:
Gen 31:11-13; 37:5; Numbers 12:6; 1 Kings 3:5; Matt 1:20, 2:13
Joel 2:28-29;Acts 2:16-17
Job 33:14-15
The article was entitled, “Was That You, Lord?”
I lost a dear friend and mentor to me on December 18, 2007. Strangely, 2 days prior to his death, I had a dream that he died. I told my husband about the dream and really did not dwell on it too much. I have had these types of dreams before.
When I came across this article, it made me really consider my dream a little more closely and just why I had it. The writer begins by saying that she had dreams that came to pass in her own life and she wrote them off as coincidences. As she matured in her faith she realized, what I have come to realize as well, that God speaks to some (not all) in this fashion, in our dreams!
In scripture, God spoke to Jacob in a dream showing him that he knew what his father in law Laban had done to him. As we also remember quite vividly from scripture, Joseph had many dreams where God showed him many things. An angel of the Lord offered another Joseph a warning for he and his family to flee to Egypt in Matt 2:13.
God primarily uses dreams to:
Warn us
Give us direction
Prepare us for something
Give us His perspective on something about which we may have a blind spot
Call us into intercession
Give us specific supernatural insight about how to pray for a person/situation
The writer suggests that you keep a pen and paper by your bedside and record your dreams as soon as you wake up. That is a great suggestion.
In the future as I dream, I will too be prompted to ask, “Is that You Lord?” and pray for discernment as I reflect on the dream.
I will also be increasingly aware that the Lord DOES speak and dreams are just one of the ways that He does.
DawneBiggs
1 comment:
Dawne, I mentioned my "godincidence" about reading a chapter in Jim Palmer's "Wide Open Spaces" book about dreams and visions just yesterday. Jim was once a pastor who didn't hold much regard for these experiences at all. This is a little bit from his book: "One of the most surprising discoveries these last few years is how many people have stories of remarkable encounters with the spiritual world. I like listening to others tell their experiences because it reinforces to me the truth of God's goodness, love and intimate involvement in the details of our lives. So often, a person's angel encounter or dream or improbable set of events and encounters result in experiencing God's comfort, healing, guidance, understanding, peace, love and freedom."
No, I don't think it's a "coincidence" at all I met you today and read this posting on your blog...and how amazing is that?!
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